Grant, Kevin

Mr. Kevin E. Grant, CFA, is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer of CYS Investments, Inc. Mr. Grant has served as our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President since he founded the Company in January 2006. Mr. Grant has also served as our Chief Investment Officer since 2011. Mr. Grant formed Sharpridge Capital Management, L.P. (“Sharpridge”), which was one of the sub-advisors to CYS’ former manager, in January 2005. Mr. Grant served as Chief Executive Officer of Sharpridge from its formation until its dissolution in February 2012. Mr. Grant served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company’s former manager from January 2006 until August 2011. Prior to forming Sharpridge, Mr. Grant was Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Fidelity Investments (“Fidelity”). As a Portfolio Manager of Fidelity, Mr. Grant had both direct and indirect responsibility for management of fixed income assets in mutual funds and institutional separate accounts. Over the course of his career at Fidelity, Mr. Grant’s mutual fund responsibilities included the Mortgage Securities Fund, Investment Grade Bond Fund, Total Bond Fund, the fixed income portion of Fidelity Puritan Fund and Strategic Income Fund. In addition, Mr. Grant managed many separate accounts for Fidelity’s institutional clients. Prior to joining Fidelity in 1993, Mr. Grant was head of Mortgage Strategy for Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated. He began his investing career at Aetna Bond Investors in 1985. Mr. Grant is an expert in the mortgage and mortgage backed securities industries and markets, whose expertise has been gained over a distinguished career as a residential mortgage-backed securities and fixed income portfolio manager. In addition, Mr. Grant has led the Company since its founding, developing a well-managed, seasoned, and experienced executive management team.

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